THE ALERION EXPRESS 28

The Alerion Express 28 is an elegant solution for performance and traditional beauty.

Basic systems, yet everything you need.

On deck sports a Harken furler, Hall Quik Vang, Lewmar self-tailing winches and a Jib Boom – a true sailing yacht. The cockpit sets the tone.  From Sailing Magazine, “The focus on this design was the cockpit and the laying out of the running rigging so that one person could easily sail the boat. There is nothing revolutionary here except the fact that most cruiser/racer types put more emphasis on interior comfort, and this resulted usually in tight, cramped cockpits. The Alerion would be tiller steered with the mainsheet led to a barney post in the center of the cockpit.”

Down below the Alerion offers the basic needs as well:

• Three plus bunk layout
• Marine head with holding tank and deck pump out
• Fresh water system with sink
• Butane stove
• Optional varnished teak interior
• Varnished teak and holly cabin sole

ELECTRONICS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT

• Raymarine C80 chartplotter
• Raymarine ST60 tridata display in cockpit
• Plastimo bulkhead mounted compass

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

• 12V DC & 110V AC systems to ABYC standards
• (2)  12V deep cycle batteries with Guest battery switch
• AC and DC switch panels
• Battery charger
• Battery monitor panel
• Navigation lights
• Dome & swivel reading lights below

ENGINE/MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT

• 14 hp Yanmar 2YM15 diesel inboard, 2 cylinder, with sail drive
• 157 Hours
• Cruising speed: 6-7 knots
• Racor R20 fuel-water separator
• Gori 15 x 12 LH folding prop
• Manual bilge pump
• Electric bilge pump

SAILS AND RIGGING

• North full-battened mainsail with single-line jiffy reefing and Teflon batt cars
• North working jib
• Harken roller furler with Hoyt self-tacking boom
• Hall aluminum mast and boom
• Hall Quik vang
• Internal main and jib halyards which lead aft to cockpit winches
• Harken mainsheet 4:1 Traveler system mounted on aft deck
• (2) Lewmar #30 S.T. sheet winches
• (2) Lewmar #14 S.T. halyard winches
• 1 x 19 S/S standing rigging with open barrel turnbuckles
• Harken mainsheet cam base and block, mounted on a barney post in cockpit
• Adjustable backstay below deck with lead to cockpit

HULL AND DECK

• Dark Blue Awlgrip hull, white boot top, gold cove stripe, red bottom
• Infusion molded Scrimp System with biaxial and unidirectional E-glass reinforcing fabrics, with end grain
• balsa-core sandwich construction on hull and deck
• Vinylester resin gelcoat reinforcing layer
• Keel floors, keel sump, engine beds, mast step and longitudinal stringers, molded integrally with hull during Scrimp process
• Fin keel with integral bulb for low center of gravity
• Balanced spade rudder with elliptical profile and low drag section
• Deck has molded nonskid, with two-toned light tan and white
• Marine grade plywood bulkheads bonded to hull and deck
• Lewmar deck hatch forward over V-berth
• (4) Fixed elliptical Bomar portlights
• (6) Mooring cleats: (2) forward, (2) aft and (2) amidships
• Self-bailing cockpit with laminated teak tiller steering with extension
• Varnished teak toe rails, drip rails, hand rails and cockpit coamings

DECK EQUIPMENT

• Life ring
• (3) Life jackets
• Fortress anchor with chain and rode
• Mainsail cover
• White cockpit cushions and backrests
• Dock lines